Taxes and back child support question???

Question

I'm not sure if there is a solution to this, but.... I've been paying back child support for when I was unemployed and my taxes have been garnished for three years now. I've got no problem with this, but I'm remarried and we are expecting a BaByGirL any day now. How do I go about making sure that next year my taxes will not be garnished away from my new BaByGirL? I want to make sure the IRS will know that I will be claiming my baby and that they won't take it all. Please, any and every helpfull answer is greatly appreciated... thanxs and Be Blessed :-)

Jo Blo..... "just because you have a new child does not remove your responsibility of taking care of your other children"....

Yo Jo! If you took the time out to read and understand the question properly, maybe you wouldn't write such a hasty stupid answer.

Answer 1

Adjust your W4 through your employer to have only the taxes that you would actually owe on your return withheld, there by not having a refund at all but you would be getting a bit more in each paycheck by having less tax withheld from your paycheck. use the Withholding calculator at the IRS website to see what adjustments you can make to your W4. You need to have your most recent paystub when you use the calculator

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/page/0,,id=14806,00.html

Answer 2

Does your new wife work??? This is very important since there is a possibility of her filing the injured spouse form 8379 which allows you to file a joint rerun, but the IRS will allocate a portion of the joint return to you and a portion to your wife. The portion allocated to your wife will be returned to your wife and yours will be held for child support. This is important since the child tax credit is $1000 and will affect your taxes a lot (especially if you qualify for Earned Income Credit) . This is used a lot here in Texas which is a community property state, so there may be different rules for each state.

The biggest problem with this action is that the IRS will have to manually look at your return to determine how much goes to each person. This can take several months and slows down your return, but since they will probably take all your return anyway, you might as well wait a few months for something instead of not getting anything.

You can also have your withholdings reduced, which will lower the amount they can take.

You can also use the increase in return this year to play catch up on the back child support. If you don't need the extra money right away, it will help reduce the interest charges the sooner you pay it off.

Good luck...you're not alone out there :}

Answer 3

Like it or not, Jo Blo's answer is on the mark. The only way to get the FMS off your back is to go through the agency that is handling the arrearages and work out a payment plan to stop them without taking your tax refunds. The end result, however, will pretty much be the same: You'll have to clear your arrearages and your current family situation isn't going to be a significant factor in taking care of that.

If FMS has an attachment on your tax refund, the IRS MUST take the refund, up to the amount listed by FMS. They have NO OPTION in that.

IMHO, you should have given more consideration to your financial situation before you decided to start yet another family. No sympathy here -- except for your children...

Answer 4

Basically this will be up to your new spouse to file an injured spouse form.. she is entitled to any money that she rightfully gets as a tax return if you are filling jointly. If she doesn't earn any money she is not entitled a return and therefore you will still have your tax return with held. The injured spouse form takes roughly six months to get so be patient. My wife and i have done this for the last few years. However you can also adjust you tax withholdings so that at the end of the year you aren't due a return. this way you get that money throughout the year. the gamble there is you might end up owing the government if you with hold too little throughout the year.

Answer 5

I have never been able to understand why men and/or women do this. Why wouldn't you want to get your child support arrearage taken care of? It takes quite a few months of not paying child support in order to get your wages garnished. Unemployment sucks and it is unavoidable at times. But, your child still has to eat, be clothed, a roof over their head, see the doctor, etc...etc... Unemployment doesn't change this. So, because you didn't provide it, someone else had to. It isn't money out of your pocket and the IRS will rightfully take it. There isn't anything you can say to change it.

Answer 6

How precisely became into your ex given the excellent to declare her? it would or would possibly not be valid. The parent who claims the exemption gets the toddler tax credit. The parent the toddler lives with gets EIC, head of better half and infants status, and based care credit if any of those word.

Answer 7

just because you have a new child doesn't remove your responsibility of taking care of your other children. The way to get the garnishment removed is to pay all back child support.
The way to not have future problems is to keep child support paid up to help support your other children.

Answer 8

YOu need to call an accountant or the IRS.